Make My News
Date: 28 September 2007
By MICHELLE SALE and JAVAID KHAN
Michelle SALE
In this lesson, students learn about an original news program aimed at younger audiences. They then develop teasers and scripts for podcasts featuring news stories that might not typically interest their peer group.
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Nominee Would Take Big Pay Cut
Date: 28 September 2007
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Michael B. Mukasey earned nearly $2 million in the past 21 months compared with just $186,000 he would earn annually as attorney general.
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Baby Furniture Maker Recalls Playpens
Date: 28 September 2007
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Kolcraft Enterprises recalled 425,000 playpens on Thursday, following the strangulation of a 10-month-old boy.
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Hope for Another Rate Cut Lifts Shares
Date: 28 September 2007
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
The stock market rose as investors speculated that a drop in new home sales would give the Federal Reserve more reason to lower interest rates.
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Foxtons Shuts Down
Date: 28 September 2007
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Foxtons, a discount real estate agency that brokered home sales for a 3 percent commission, shut its operations on Thursday and said it might file for bankruptcy protection.
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A.I.G. Cuts 600 Jobs to Combine Units
Date: 28 September 2007
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
The job cuts come as part of A.I.G.’s move to combine units with the newly acquired 21st Century Insurance Group.
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Stock Buyback Set by Chevron
Date: 27 September 2007
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
The Chevron Corporation will repurchase as much as $15 billion of its stock as record crude prices increase earnings.
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Goldman Fills a Critical Job
Date: 27 September 2007
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
The Goldman Sachs Group has named Edward C. Forst as the co-head of the investment management unit that oversees more than $796 billion in assets.
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Problems Mount for 2 Mortgage Firms
Date: 27 September 2007
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Shares in Fremont General dropped 19 percent after a rescue plan was abandoned, while Luminent Mortgage Capital said second quarter profits were lower than initially reported.
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W.T.O. Hears European Complaint of U.S. Aid to Boeing
Date: 27 September 2007
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
At a W.T.O. hearing Wednesday, the E.U. argued that Boeing receives “lavish” government subsidies that give it an unfair advantage over its rival Airbus.
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